Intel made waves last August with Project Alloy, a truly wireless VR headset with no cords, controllers or need for a separate PC. You’d just walk around a room naturally, and reach out with your hands to interact. But it seems like those waves didn’t travel very far, because Intel has decided to cancel the …
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After a giant leak, a huge reveal and a full week with Apple’s new iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, you’d think we’d know everything about the company’s latest phones. But new details keep trickling out. (Did you know you can charge faster with a USB-C cable?) Now, we’re seeing the first teardown experts rip apart the iPhone 8 to show us …
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After sitting in the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple’s Sept. 12 event and looking at the iPhone X and its new technology for myself, I kept thinking about that front-facing camera array. TrueDepth, it’s called. It’s a bundle of sensors. It can detect faces, or moving muscles. It can see 3D objects. It can enable more advanced augmented reality. And, I can …
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Intel is very concerned that you may be using a five-year-old computer. The company claims there are at least 450 million computers still in service that are five or more years old. So, one of the big selling points for the just-announced 8th generation of Core i-series CPUs is that these new chips are twice as fast as those found …
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A key US agency has officially stepped into the legal battle between Apple and Qualcomm. The US International Trade Commission, which has the power to ban products from entering the country, confirmed on Tuesday it will investigate Qualcomm’s complaint that Apple was illegally using its cellular technology in iPhones powered by modems made by Intel. Qualcomm is seeking to bar all iPhones …
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Now playing: Watch this: 7 lightest 15-inch laptops you can buy 1:45 It used to be if you wanted a lightweight laptop, one that weighed less than three pounds, you had to settle for a 12- or 13-inch screen size. Not anymore. With display sizes of 15 or 15.6 inches, these ultraportable laptops give you more room for work, viewing …
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No, it’s not the only glowing cube PC you can buy. But it might be the only one that will attempt to absorb your humanity into its cybernetic collective mind. This is the Borg Cube, an officially licenced Star Trek computer with a rather distinct chassis. And it’s not just about the looks: This PC seems remarkably small considering the …
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The second wave of powerful and thin Max-Q laptops has landed and, by the looks of it, they’re up to par with what we’ve seen so far. The Origin PC EVO15-S and NT-15 Quadro laptops are available to purchase online now and pricing starts at $1,609 and $3,073, respectively. International pricing converts to £1237/AU$2,161 and £2,364/AU$4,128. At only only 0.73-inches …
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Ryzen 3, AMD’s Jan Brady of processor lines, formally debuts today after a few weeks of everything-but-the-price reveals. It’s part of the processor segment served by the Intel Core i3 — a step up from cheap — but without an integrated graphics processor (IGP). AMD’s A series incorporates the company’s Polaris-generation of integrated graphics. Comparative specs AMD Ryzen 3 1300X …
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Now playing: Watch this: USB feels the need for double speed 1:25 Enlarge Image The HP Spectre x360 has two oval USB-C ports, the same ports you’ll see on new phones from Samsung, Google and others. Stephen Shankland/CNET If you’re the type of person who copies hundreds of photos or mammoth video files to your external hard drive, good news: …
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